I wasn't even aware that there was an atheist convention in Melbourne. It does not really interest me. Atheists attending an atheist convention reminds me of a bunch of blowflies circling a clump of canine faeces.
It seems that their star attraction was Ayaan Hirsi, the proven liar.
She got kicked out of the Netherlands for lying.
Outspoken Dutch MP admits lying
http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2006/05/16/svAYAAN_narrowweb__300x404,0.jpgAYAAN Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born Dutch politician known for her outspoken criticism of Islam, is leaving parliament and moving to the US after admitting she lied to gain asylum in the Netherlands.
Ms Hirsi Ali, 36, sought asylum in the Netherlands in 1992, claiming to be escaping from an arranged marriage. She was granted Dutch citizenship in 1997 and elected to parliament in 2003.
She came to international prominence in 2004 when an Islamic militant killed filmmaker Theo van Gogh after he directed a film she wrote accusing Islam of suppressing women.
A storm erupted about her asylum application last week after a Dutch television documentary interviewed her family about her background. They said she had not been forced into an arranged marriage and had had nothing to fear.
Asked whether she had falsified her asylum application, Ms Hirsi Ali told the program she lied about her name, age and how she came to the Netherlands.
The program prompted calls for her to leave parliament and even to be stripped of citizenship.
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